Cornell University is a privately endowed research university in Ithaca, New York, founded in 1865. It describes itself as the federal land-grant institution in New York State and a partner of the State University of New York.
Its College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) has 14 departments and three schools, including the School of Integrative Plant Science and the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management, and reports $293M in research expenditures in fiscal year 2025. Cornell AgriTech in Geneva, New York, formerly the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, lists expertise in plant breeding, pest and disease management, digital agriculture and food processing and safety, with partners including the Cornell Food Venture Center and the Center of Excellence for Food and Agriculture. The Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station oversees 14,000 acres of farms and forests. The Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition, part of CALS, focuses on India and has a satellite office in New Delhi, the institute says.